[Paparazzi-devel] No throttle in Auto2

[cory barton]

Hello,

I have done the ground based portion of the tuning procedure and
everything is going mostly ok. My one issue is that the motor will not
run in AUTO2 mode.

I think that a good thing to try before flying is to get a good grip
on the plane, and verify that the plane will throttle up, when the
flight plan is in the takeoff block, and the launch button is pressed.

I am using a modified version of the basic flight plan(see below). I
have eliminated everything except the takeoff, and blocks to circle
around STDBY, and waypoint 1. It works great in simulation.

When I turn on the AP, I have control of all the actuators in manual
mode, including throttle. The PFD reflects the actual attitude of the
plane. I also have full control in AUTO1 mode, and the control
surfaces appear to move correctly when I change the attitude of the
plane, and the throttle response is good.

However, when I switch to AUTO2, I cannot get the system to move out
of the holding point block, and the throttle area is red in the GCS. I
got a message in the GCS saying: "mayday, kill mode". I tried using
the settings under the misc tab to set kill_throttle to 0, but it
didn't work. No matter what I tried, I could not get the prop to spin
in AUTO2 mode.

Then I commented out the holding point block, and reflashed the AP.
The flight plan went directly from Geo init to takeoff, and the
throttle area was orange in the GCS. So I set the AP to AUTO2, and hit
the launch button. No response. I switched back to manual and auto1,
and the throttle works just fine. Switch to AUTO2, and no throttle.

Please let me know what I am missing.

Thanks,

Cory

<!DOCTYPE flight_plan SYSTEM "flight_plan.dtd">

<flight_plan alt="75" ground_alt="0" lat0="37.08253" lon0="-76.39815"
max_dist_from_home="700" name="Basic" security_height="25">
  <header>
#include "nav_line.h"
#include "datalink.h"
</header>
  <waypoints>
    <waypoint name="HOME" x="0" y="0"/>
    <waypoint name="STDBY" x="120.6" y="115.6"/>
    <waypoint name="1" x="-45.5" y="174.2"/>
    <waypoint name="CLIMB" x="153.6" y="23.9"/>
  </waypoints>
  <exceptions/>
  <blocks>
    <block name="Wait GPS">
      <set value="1" var="kill_throttle"/>
      <while cond="!GpsFixValid()"/>
    </block>
    <block name="Geo init">
      <while cond="LessThan(NavBlockTime(), 10)"/>
      <call fun="NavSetGroundReferenceHere()"/>
    </block>
<!--
    <block name="Holding point">
      <set value="1" var="kill_throttle"/>
      <attitude roll="0" throttle="0" vmode="throttle"/>
    </block>
-->
    <block name="Takeoff" strip_button="Takeoff (wp CLIMB)"
strip_icon="takeoff.png">
      <exception cond="estimator_z > ground_alt+25" deroute="Standby"/>
      <set value="0" var="kill_throttle"/>
      <set value="0" var="estimator_flight_time"/>
      <go from="HOME" pitch="15" throttle="1.0" vmode="throttle" wp="CLIMB"/>
    </block>
    <block name="Standby" strip_button="Standby" strip_icon="home.png">
      <circle radius="nav_radius" wp="STDBY"/>
    </block>
    <block name="Circle 1" strip_button="Circle 1"
strip_icon="circle-right.png">
      <circle radius="nav_radius" wp="1"/>
    </block>
  </blocks>
</flight_plan>